TYT: Ban on Hats in Congress

[alp227]

Run time: 02:42 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPWQc5_HFC4   Posted on YouTube: November 25, 2010 By YouTube Member: TheYoungTurks Views on YouTube: 309   Posted on DU: November 29, 2010 By DU Member: alp227 Views on DU: 584

 
More info: "U.S. House freshman from Florida takes on the hat rule" (Miami Herald, 11/29/10). That freshman is Frederica Wilson, successor to Kendrick Meek, the incumbent House Rep for FL-17 and unsuccessful US Senate candidate for Florida.

[Drale]

1. Didn't anyone ever teach her its rude to wear a hat indoors?

Really? Isn't there anything more important things congress could be discussing, beside whether its against the rules to wear hat in congress?

[emilyg]

5. Budget maybe.

[RKP5637]

2. The rest of congresses comes in with their fetishes, so what's wrong with a hat fetish. n/t

[HEyHEY]

3. So much for the old phrase "Good manners cost nothing" what did this session cost?

[vixengrl]

4. Whither hast thou gone, Bella Abzug?

(She rocked some mighty, mighty chapeaux back in the day.)

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. Traditionally womens hats were exempt from such rules

Then again I have not seen a "traditional" hat on a woman in many years

[graegoyle]

7. Stop besmirching the good that is Lego...

...by using it in this manner.

[gadjitfreek]

8. WHY is it rude to wear a hat indoors?

Rude is picking your nose and wiping it on the person sitting next to you. Wearing a hat indoors is just---wearing a hat indoors. Why isn't wearing a tie outdoors rude? Or wearing brown on a Thursday rude? Or wearing silver cufflinks on alternate Tuesdays outdoors rude? I tell you, we humans have come up with some pretty insane rules. Perhaps the whole hat thing had a purpose once, but whatever it was, it has certainly outlived its usefulness.